Ruva (flower) inhengo yedzinde yesikarudzi. Paruva ndipo panosangana zvidowo zvesikarudzi chechikadzi nechikono pachizoberekwa muchero nekukura mbeu.

• Kutumbuka (blossom, to appear-of flowers, 2. To bud, to sprout, to shoot - of plant or seeds).
• Dumbu remaruva (bunch of flowers - arranged).
• Ngarara (male blossom of maize).

• VaHerero vanoti ongara (flower; blossom of fruit tree; chrysalis). VaYao vanoti chitumba (a bud).
• VaKongo vanoti mvuma (a flower, a blossom, bloom) vachireva ruva. VaGiryama vanoti malua (n. flower) vachireva maruva.
• VaTonga vanoti fulula (n. flower) vachireva kuvhurura. VaTonga vanoti ingalaala (n. Maize flower) vachireva ngarara.
• VaGiryama vanoti ku-aluka (n. blossom) kureva kutumbuka. VaKikuyu vanoti mahua manene matano (five big flower) kureva maruva makuru mashanu.
• VaFwe vanoti parisa kana maparisa (n. flower). Gbeya vanoti do-â (n. flower) vachireva ruva.